Wienerbrød

Name: Wienerbrød
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 3 h 45 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: New Nordic
Ingredients: 225 g apples, peeled and sliced about 1cm thick; 100 g almonds or pecans, chopped; 150 ml milk; 1 egg yolk beaten with 2 tbsp milk; 1 medium egg; 250 g (1⅔ cups) plain flour or pastry flour; 250 g (1⅔ cups) strong white bread flour; 7 g (2 tsp) dried yeast; 2 tbsp soft brown sugar; 50 g sugar; 225 g puréed apples (p.38); 1 tsp salt; 250 g lightly salted butter, cut into 8 slices, firm but not cold

Plaited Fruit Danish

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
4 hr

Appears in

Copenhagen Cult Recipes

By Christine Rudolph and Susie Theodorou

Published 2019

About

This basic Danish dough is made with yeast and can be time-consuming as it needs to rise. If you are in a hurry, use 500 g ready-made puff pastry instead. Adjust the fruits in the filling to suit to the season.

Ingredients

Basic Danish Pastry Dough

150 ml milk
50 g sugar
1

Europe
Denmark
Pastry
Copenhagen
Breakfast
Vegetarian
Nordic

Method

Gently heat the milk, sugar and salt. Combine the flours and yeast in a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook. Pour in the milk, then the egg and knead for 1–2 minutes, adding 1–2 tbsp flour if needed. Leave the dough in an oiled bowl in a warm place for 1 hour.

Roll the dough out to a larg